Ebola confirmed in the US

[BIATCHabutuka]

Just heard on CNBC that the CDC has confirmed the first case of ebola diagnosed in the USA.

Didn't see a link.

Press conference at 5:30pm.

 

[BIATCHabutuka]

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-09-30/cdc-confirms-first-ebola-case-diagnosed-us

looks like it is in texas

 

[BIATCHabutuka]

patient been here 10 days, had symptoms 6 days ago.

 

[Buckeneye]

Well... that's not terrifying or anything.

edit: Is it unconstitutional to have all passengers flying in from the Africa's in isolation for 72 hours?

 

[sparcboxbuck]

It was going to happen soon enough. They better have that shit figured out quick.

 

[NJ-Buckeye]

Incubation is 21 days...

 

[Jaxbuck]

I figured it would be Florida.

 

[BIATCHabutuka]

Contained? Dallas Hospital Discharged Sick Ebola Patient 2 Days Before Isolation
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-...ischarged-sick-ebola-patient-2-days-isolation

While yesterday's CDC press conference was factual, it was clearly very much designed to avoid panic as time and again the US public was reassured that Ebola in America was 'contained', 'hard to contract', and would 'stop here'. However, as Bloomberg reports, the man with Ebola in Dallas was initially sent home from the hospital with antibiotics after seeking treatment for an unknown illness, officials said. We know CDC has stated the need for the US to be prepared but the fact that after the patient sought medical care on Sept. 26 and was sent home with antibiotics, he returned in an ambulance to Texas Health Presbyterian two days later and was admitted, suggests US healthcare workers are not prepared for the possibilities that Ebola is here in America (as this is the 13th possible case in the US).

not good at all.

the patient being a foreigner probably didn't have insurance and the hospital sent him on his way as result.

 

[Dryden]

Thompson: Associate of Dallas Ebola patient under close monitoring

http://www.wfaa.com/story/news/heal...n-dallas-county-ebola-patient-cases/16524303/

DALLAS — Due to close contact with a patient diagnosed with the Ebola virus, a second person is under the close monitoring of health officials as a possible second patient, said the director of Dallas County's health department Wednesday morning in an interview with WFAA.

Zachary Thompson, the director of Dallas County Health and Human Services, says all those who've been in close contact with the diagnosed patient are being monitored as a precaution. However, Thompson pointed to one person in particular as a potential second case.

Cont'd ...

 

[Bucklion]

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/storie...ME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2014-10-01-13-20-13

It may get worse...much worse.

 

[MaxBuck]

Ebola. More angst over less risk than anything else I've heard of lately.

 

[Buckeye513]

Ebola. More angst over less risk than anything else I've heard of lately.

I bet that's what you told BB73 before the SARS killed him.

 

[Bucklion]

Ebola. More angst over less risk than anything else I've heard of lately.

Less risk for who? Just because it's not a pandemic or epidemic in the US doesn't mean it isn't a problem.

 

[MaxBuck]

Less risk for who? Just because it's not a pandemic or epidemic in the US doesn't mean it isn't a problem.

Oh, it's absolutely awful if you're Liberian, and pretty scary if you live in equatorial Africa anywhere else. It's meaningless if you live in the US.

 

[MaxBuck]

I bet that's what you told BB73 before the SARS killed him.

Who are the Sars, and where do they come from?

Also, you need to learn to quit shouting online.